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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1944
Page
3
Ernie Pyle recalls the first hours after Paris’s liberation. crowds line streets, kiss soldiers, shower jeeps with flowers, as Americans enter the city amid cheering, panic, and a festival mood. He notes locals, a German threat still present, and a sea of flags, songs, and gladness.
In Paris the women flaunt bright summer colors and dramatic hair as holiday crowds fill the streets. A soldier notes the thrill of seeing vibrant street fashion, while the piece jokes about the city's dirty and ugly residents and recounts Hank Gorrell being kissed by one of the latter.
After the war a major expansion in sports is foreseen with Los Angeles emerging as a big center for baseball and football. Cities like Baltimore Buffalo San Francisco New Orleans and Dallas join the anticipated expansion, while leagues compete coast to coast and major cities weigh talent and finances as pro football surges. The Redskins led by Sammy Baugh are highlighted as a top beat.
Washington Digest ponders Nazi exile options as Nazi and Junker factions seek asylum beyond Germany. Noting Latin American ties and Argentina as a possible refuge, the column recalls Berlin broadcasts and three reminiscences of wartime media figures including Constance Drexel.
A nationwide campaign urges employed high school students to resume schooling. Convictions for violating the selective service act reach 4,756 in the year ending June 30 1944, with 10,872 total since October 1940. Military branches stock massive baseball and softball equipment, and overseas service personnel face a Christmas mail month from September 15 to October 15.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1216 offers a slip with built-up shoulders and matching tailored panties, sized 36 to 52 with options in rayon silk satin and cotton. Size 38 requires 2 1/2 yards of 39 inch material for the slip and 11/2 yards for the panties. patterns cost 25 cents and orders note longer processing due to high demand and wartime conditions.
A newly commissioned lieutenant orders a private to salute him a hundred times. A senior officer interrupts and explains the reciprocal rule that officers must acknowledge salutes. He offers to hold the watch while the process restarts to test the duration of two hundred salutes.
Zoo keepers say elephants ignore mice and rely on their trunks to sense the world. Poor eyesight means trunk use guides feeding and interaction more than eyes or ears, debunking the common belief that elephants fear mice.
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